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Ain’t Affirmative Action wonderful.
FTA: An African American student placed within the 40th percentile of their academic index.....
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This usage is driving me insane. I am seeing it frequently.
The personal pronoun referring back to the “African American student” should be singular, i.e., “he” or “she,” and not the plural “they.
Suddenly, this is the style being pushed by those trying to make the language genderless so as to blur the differences in the sexes. Sick of it.